Famous trains

There are some train-routes that became legendary during the past. In former times they were real means of transportation for long-distance travel. Nowadays their main purpose is tourism. In some countries (e.g. Russia) they still are important parts of their transport systems.

• 1862 : Flying Scotsman
• 1883 : Orient Express
• 1884 : Nord Express (Northern Express)
• 1887 : Sud Express[?] (Southern Express)
• 1890 : Bombay Express[?]
• 1890 : Peninsular and Oriental Express[?]
• 1890 : Malle des Indes[?]
• 1890 : Rome Express[?]
• 1894 : Ostende Vienna Express[?]
• 1896 : Vienna Nice Express[?]
• 1898 : Cairo Luxor Express[?]
• 1898 : Transsiberian[?]
• 1900 : Riviera Express[?]
• 1900 : Transatlantic Express[?]
• 1904 : Oberland Leman Express[?]
• 1908 : Brighton Belle[?] (formerly the Southern Belle)
• 1908 : Rome Florence Cannes Express[?]
• 1909 : Andalousie Express[?]
• 1919 : Paris Prague Express[?]
• 1919 : Simplon Orient Express
• 1921 : Transmanchourian Express[?]
• 1922 : Blue Train[?]
• 1926 : Golden Arrow[?]
• 1927 : Northern Star[?]
• 1927 : London Vichy Pullman Express[?]
• 1928 : Rheingold Express (Rhine Gold)
• 1929 : Oiseau Bleu[?]
• 1929 : Côte d'Azur rapide[?]
• 1929 : Star of Egypt[?]
• 1929 : Taurus Express[?]
• 1929 : Sunshine Pullman Express[?]
• 1931 : Golden Mountain Express[?]
• 1940 : Maroc Express[?]

• Rossiya[?] operated by Russian Railways on the Transsiberian Railway

• Zephyr